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Summary

Known for its clear writing, diversity of art coverage, and elegant design, this superb reference offers a comprehensive, transcendentally illustrated introduction to the themes, design elements and principles, media, and history of art. New features and improvements, along with the highest production standards in paper, color quality, and binding, mark this fifth edition as the gold standard in its field.

Table of Contents

PART ONE INTRODUCTION

2

(80)

CHAPTER 1 LIVING WITH ART

3

(15)

THE IMPULSE FOR ART

4

(3)

THE ROLE OF THE ARTIST

7

(3)

THE ROLE OF THE OBSERVER

10

(8)

ARTISTS VINCENT VAN GOGH

13

ART PEOPLE GERTRUDE STEIN

14

ARTISTS HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

17

CHAPTER 2 WHAT IS ART?

18

(28)

ART AND THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

20

(16)

Art and the Artist

21

(3)

Art and Beauty

24

(1)

Art and the "Real" World

25

(6)

Representational Art

28

(2)

Abstract Art

30

(1)

Nonrepresentational Art

31

(1)

Art as Expression

31

(5)

ART CONCEPTS

36

(10)

Form and Content

36

(1)

Style

36

(4)

Iconography

40

(6)

ART ISSUES PUBLIC ART

23

ARTISTS HENRI ROUSSEAU

29

ARTISTS JACKSON POLLOCK

35

ARTISTS ALBRECHT DURER

42

ART PEOPLE THEO VAN GOGH

45

CHAPTER 3 THEMES AND PURPOSES OF ART

46

(36)

ART IN THE SERVICE OF RELIGION

47

(4)

PRIDE AND POLITICS

51

(9)

ART AS THE MIRROR OF EVERYDAY LIFE

60

(3)

ART AND NATURE

63

(7)

IMAGINATION AND FANTASY

70

(4)

BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH

74

(8)

ART ISSUES PROTECTING A MASTERPIECE: GUERNICA

57

ARTISTS PAUL CEZANNE

67

ARTISTS GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

69

PART TWO THE VOCABULARY OF ART

82

(72)

CHAPTER 4 THE VISUAL ELEMENTS

83

(43)

LINE

83

(9)

Functions of Line

84

(4)

Outline and Form

84

(1)

Movement and Emphasis

85

(1)

Direction

86

(1)

Pattern and Texture

87

(1)

Shading and Modeling

88

(1)

Types of Lines

88

(4)

Actual Lines

89

(1)

Implied Lines

90

(1)

Lines Formed by Edges

90

(2)

SHAPE AND MASS

92

(2)

LIGHT, VALUE, AND COLOR

94

(13)

Light

95

(1)

Actual Light

95

(1)

The Illusion of Light

96

(1)

Value

96

(2)

Color

98

(9)

Color Theory

99

(2)

Color Properties

101

(1)

Light and Pigment

101

(1)

Color Harmonies

102

(2)

Optical Effects of Color

104

(1)

Emotional Qualities of Color

105

(2)

TEXTURE

107

(3)

Actual Texture

108

(1)

Visual Texture

108

(1)

Pattern

109

(1)

SPACE

110

(10)

Three-Dimensional Space

110

(1)

Two-Dimensional Space

111

(9)

Spatial Organization

111

(1)

Illusion of Depth

112

(8)

TIME AND MOTION

120

(6)

Elapsed Time

122

(1)

Actual Motion

122

(1)

Illusion of Motion

123

(3)

ARTISTS RAPHAEL

91

ART ISSUES RESTORATION: THE LAST SUPPER

115

ARTISTS SUZANNE VALADON

121

ART PEOPLE GIORGIO VASARI

125

CHAPTER 5 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN IN ART

126

(28)

UNITY AND VARIETY

127

(4)

BALANCE

131

(7)

EMPHASIS AND FOCAL POINT

138

(4)

PROPORTION AND SCALE

142

(5)

RHYTHM

147

(5)

ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES: A SUMMARY

152

(2)

ARTISTS HENRI MATISSE

133

ARTISTS FRANCISCO DE GOYA

141

ART PEOPLE THE GUERRILLA GIRLS

151

PART THREE TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA

154

(110)

CHAPTER 6 DRAWING

155

(17)

MATERIALS FOR DRAWING

156

(11)

Dry Media

157

(4)

Pencil

157

(1)

Metalpoint

158

(1)

Charcoal

159

(1)

Chalk and Crayon

159

(2)

Liquid Media

161

(5)

Pen and Ink

161

(3)

Brush and Ink

164

(2)

New Drawing Media

166

(1)

PURPOSES OF DRAWING

167

(5)

Preliminary Study

167

(1)

Illustration

168

(1)

Expression

169

(3)

ARTISTS REMBRANDT

163

ARTISTS KATHE KOLLWITZ

165

ART ISSUES WHY DO WE LOSE ART?

171

CHAPTER 7 PAINTING

172

(17)

ENCAUSTIC

173

(1)

FRESCO

173

(2)

EGG TEMPERA

175

(3)

OIL

178

(4)

WATERCOLOR

182

(2)

GOUACHE

184

(1)

SYNTHETIC MEDIA

184

(3)

PAINTING-RELATED TECHNIQUES

187

(2)

Collage

187

(1)

Mosaic

188

(1)

ARTISTS JACOB LAWRENCE

177

ARTISTS ALICE NEEL

181

CHAPTER 8 PRINTS

189

(26)

RELIEF

190

(8)

Woodcut

191

(5)

Linocut

196

(1)

Wood Engraving

197

(1)

INTAGLIO

198

(5)

Engraving

198

(1)

Drypoint

199

(1)

Mezzotint

200

(1)

Etching

200

(2)

Aquatint

202

(1)

LITHOGRAPHY

203

(6)

SCREENPRINTING

209

(3)

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES

212

(3)

ARTISTS ON ARTISTS VAN GOGH ON HIROSHIGE

193

ARTISTS KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

195

ARTISTS EDVARD MUNCH

207

ARTISTS ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG

208

ARTISTS ANDY WARHOL

211

CHAPTER 9 THE CAMERA ARTS: PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, AND VIDEO

215

(39)

PHOTOGRAPHY

216

(25)

The Still Camera and Its Beginnings

218

(1)

Subject Matter in Photography

218

(10)

Portraits

218

(4)

Landscape

222

(3)

Genre

225

(2)

Abstraction

227

(1)

Purposes of Photography

228

(8)

The "Art" Photograph

228

(3)

Photojournalism and Editorial Photography

231

(5)

Special Effects and Techniques

236

(3)

Photography and Motion

239

(2)

FILM

241

(11)

The Origins of Motion Pictures

241

(1)

Films and Filmmakers

242

(8)

Special Effects and Animation

250

(2)

VIDEO

252

(2)

ARTISTS JULIA MARGARET CAMERON

221

ARTISTS ALFRED STIEGLITZ

229

ART ISSUES CENSORSHIP: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

232

ARTISTS ALFRED HITCHCOCK

248

CHAPTER 10 GRAPHIC DESIGN

254

(10)

THE TOOLS OF THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

256

(2)

ADVERTISING

258

(1)

PRINT MEDIA: BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

259

(4)

GRAPHICS AND THE COMPUTER

263

(1)

ARTISTS NORMAN ROCKWELL

261

ARTISTS ON ARTISTS THE NEW YORKER ON PICASSO

262

PART FOUR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA

264

(80)

CHAPTER 11 SCULPTURE

265

(25)

METHODS OF SCULPTURE

266

(12)

Modeling

266

(1)

Casting

267

(3)

Carving

270

(3)

Assembling

273

(5)

SCULPTURE AND THE THIRD DIMENSION

278

(2)

THE HUMAN FIGURE IN SCULPTURE

280

(3)

SCULPTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

283

(5)

MOTION, LIGHT, AND TIME

288

(2)

ARTISTS HENRY MOORE

271

ARTISTS DAVID SMITH

275

ARTISTS LOUISE NEVELSON

276

ARTISTS CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE

287

CHAPTER 12 CRAFTS

290

(15)

CLAY

291

(4)

GLASS

295

(2)

METAL

297

(3)

WOOD

300

(2)

FIBER

302

(3)

ARTISTS MARIA MARTINEZ

293

CHAPTER 13 ARCHITECTURE

305

(39)

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS IN ARCHITECTURE

305

(18)

Load-Bearing Construction

306

(1)

Post-and-Lintel

307

(1)

Round Arch and Vault

308

(2)

Pointed Arch and Vault

310

(1)

Complex Arches

311

(1)

The Dome

312

(3)

Cast-Iron Construction

315

(2)

Balloon-Frame Construction

317

(1)

Steel-Frame Construction

317

(2)

Suspension

319

(1)

Reinforced-Concrete Construction

320

(1)

Geodesic Domes

321

(2)

PURPOSES OF ARCHITECTURE

323

(16)

Two Houses of Worship

323

(3)

Three Museums

326

(3)

Three Office Buildings

329

(3)

Two Hotels

332

(2)

Two Apartment Buildings

334

(1)

Three Houses

335

(4)

BEYOND THE BUILDING: ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

339

(5)

ARTISTS R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER

322

ARTISTS FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

337

PART FIVE ARTS IN TIME

344

(193)

CHAPTER 14 THE ANCIENT WORLD

345

(20)

THE OLDEST ART

345

(3)

PREHISTORIC ART

348

(2)

MESOPOTAMIA

350

(4)

EGYPT

354

(6)

NUBIA

360

(1)

INDUS VALLEY

361

(1)

CHINA

361

(1)

MESOAMERICA

362

(1)

THE AEGEAN

363

(2)

ART ISSUES WHOSE GRAVE IS THIS ANYWAY?

359

CHAPTER 15 GREECE AND ROME

365

(15)

GREECE

365

(9)

THE ETRUSCANS

374

(1)

ROME

375

(5)

ART PEOPLE PERICLES

369

ART ISSUES RESTORATION: LAOCOON

373

CHAPTER 16 CHRISTIAN ART IN EUROPE: THE EARLY CHURCH, BYZANTIUM, AND THE MIDDLE AGES